MMA Fighting UFC Fantasy Draft, Season 3: Which 72 UFC Fighters Will Finish Out 2025 The Best?

MMA Fighting

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4.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2025

⏱️ 86 minutes

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The MMA Fighting team is back with Season 3 of its fantasy league! Who is set to star inside the octagon over the next six months? Will newly crowned lightweight champion Ilia Topuria make another appearance before 2026? Is Jack Della Maddalena the smart choice or is Islam Makhachev about to take all the fantasy points? Will Tom Aspinall finally get a fight? Plus, which under-the-radar standouts could fight more than once and produce the kinds of finishes that make the difference between winning and losing the league? Join the MMA Fighting staff as they select the 72 fighters they think are best poised to finish 2025 in a big way. Follow Alexander K. Lee ⁠⁠⁠@AlexanderKLee⁠⁠⁠ Follow Damon Martin ⁠@DamonMartin⁠ Follow Jed Meshew ⁠@JedKMeshew⁠ Follow Mike Heck @MikeHeck_JR Follow Guilherme Cruz @guicruzzz Follow E. Casey Leydon ⁠⁠⁠@ekc Subscribe:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ http://goo.gl/dYpsgH⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our full video catalog: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://goo.gl/u8VvLi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Visit our playlists:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ http://goo.gl/eFhsvM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Like MMAF on Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://goo.gl/nOATUI⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Read More: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:11.0	Hello, friends.
0:12.5	I'm Jedmishu.
0:13.4	I'm a writer from Mawaitfighting.com, and I'm here because it is that time of the year again.
0:18.6	That's right.
0:19.2	We are drafting, ladies and gentlemen,
0:21.6	the MMA fighting UFC Fantasy League.
0:24.7	Season three is happening last weekend,
0:28.3	International Fight Week, UFC 317,
0:30.9	the final event of season two.
0:33.3	And so we embark on a new season of our
0:36.7	bi-annual fantasy league.
0:39.8	But first, before we do that, two quick things.
0:43.2	One, introduce all the people drafting.
0:45.2	You know them all.
0:45.9	They were all here last season.
0:47.9	And two, and most importantly, we must celebrate the man who won season two.
0:52.8	In fact, our back-to-back champion.
0:55.6	I am speaking of Alexander Cayley,
0:58.5	the king in the north and the king of UFC fantasy sports.
1:02.5	AK, back for season three,
1:04.5	are you ready to defend your crown?
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